Garment stand



United States Patent 3,215,281 GARMENT STAND Cecil R. Brothers, 2735 Ellsworth St., Berkeley, Calif. Filed Mar. 4, 1963, Ser. No. 262,646 1 Claim. (Cl. 211-180) This invention relates to garment stands and more particularly to a free standing unit for retaining garments and keeping them hidden from view.

In many ofiices, particularly in those wherein movable partitions are employed, closet space is relatively limited and means, such as costumers, are required to provide hanging space for outer garments. While a single costumer is suitable for hanging two or three garments, additional garments are usually bunched and wrinkled.

While various types of garment hangers have been employed in the past, it has usually been required that the hanging structure .be attached either permanently or semipermanently to a wall, ceiling or floor or a combination of these. In the alternative, a few free standing garment hangers have been devised, but these have ordinarily taken the form of a large box which is necessarily cumbersome, heavy and difficult to move about.

It is, therefore, a general object of this invention to provide an improved garment hanger.

It is a more particular object of the invention to provide a garment hanger which is free standing and which may accommodate a relatively large number of garments.

It is still another object of this invention to provide a garment hanger of the aforementioned characteristics which requires no permanent or semi-permanent connections to walls, floors, ceilings or the like.

It is still another object of this invention to provide a garment hanger of the aforementioned characteristic which stands merely by resting against an upright wall.

These and other objects and features of the invention will become more clearly apparent upon a review of the following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a garment hanger in accordance with one embodiment of this invention;

FIGURE 2 is a rear elevational view of the garment hanger shown in FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 3 is a side elevational view of the garment hanger shown in FIGURE 1; and

FIGURE 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line 44 of FIGURE 3.

As shown in the drawings, a garment hanger in accordance with the invention may include a panel 11 secured between elongated legs 13. The bottoms of the legs 13 include feet 15 formed on a high friction, non-skid material such as rubber. A shelf 17 is secured at the lower end of the panel 13 and extends rearwardly therefrom.

A hanger support 19 having a length substantially equal to the length of the shelf 17, is secured at the upper end of the panel 11. The hanger support 19 carries a plurality of hooks 21 for receiving hangers 23 with garments 25 thereon, Additional hooks 27 may be secured to the front of the panel for receiving hats and the like.

Th rear dg f th shelf 17 include a bar 29 which may be formed of relatively heavy material, such as steel or iron.

Thus it is apparent that when the garment stand is Placed jac n a wall 31 in addition t he elf 17, he

3,215,281 Patented Nov. 2, 1965 ice bar 29 causes a moment of rotation about the imaginary line between the feet 15. Thus there is a tendency for the stand to fall toward the wall and since the feet 15 are of non-skid material, the stand is thereby held in place. By hanging garments on the hooks 21 the tendency to fall against the wall is increased.

Referring to FIGURE 4, one method of attaching the legs 13 to the panel 11 is shown wherein the legs 13 are in the form of square tubing. The tubing is slotted as at 33 and the panels 11 inserted within the slot. The panel is then held in place by means of screws 35 and threaded receptacles 37.

As an alternative embodiment of the invention it will be obvious that the stand may be employed as a display rack. For instance, the panel 11 may be eliminated and the hanger support 19 secured merely to a bar extended between the tops of the legs 13. Such a device may be placed against a wall or even a display window of a store and garments to be displayed may be supported thereon. Clearly other variations are apparent for various display arrangements.

I claim:

A garment stand adapted to remain upright by resting unattached against a wall, said stand comprising a generally upstanding relatively broad panel member adapted to be spaced from a wall and screen from view garments disposed between the panel and a wall, said panel being of rigid construction to stand rigidly in a plane spaced parallel to a wall, a pair of rigid legs, means rigidly attaching said legs to said panel member, said legs including feet formed of high friction material, first extension means at the lower end of said panel and extending substantially rearwardly therefrom toward a wall, said first extension means having a relatively heavy weight sufficient to impart a moment of rotation to said panel member about an imaginary line extending between said feet, second extension means forming a hanger support at the upper end of said panel likewise extending rearwardly therefrom and adapted to support garments hung therefrom to supplement said moment, both said extension means having approximately the same dimension of rearward extension to space said panel member from a wall and to provide an uninterrupted space therebetween and to dispose said member free standing and unattached thereagainst while supporting garments screened from view upon said second extension means.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 622,119 3/99 Clarke 248148 822,904 6/06 Abercrombie 108-15 2,205,519 6/40 Eiber 18934 2,441,721 5/48 Schroeder l08--30 2,935,813 5/60 Berman 248188.2 2,944,863 7/60 Bertelsen 3l2238 2,992,743 7/61 Wing l0848 3,087,624 4/63 Hucker 2l187 FOREIGN PATENTS 89,116 2/57 Norway.

CLAUDE A. LE ROY, Primary Examiner,

FRANK L. ABBOTT, Examiner. 

